How to Sew a Batman Costume
A Batman costume is a classic costume for Halloween and other costume party events. Both children and adults can be easily transformed into Batman with little effort and expense. There is no need to purchase an expensive Batman costume when you can make one right at home. This project makes an excellent last-minute costume.
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Things You'll Need
- Faux leather
- Scissors
- Velcro
- Cardstock paper
- Gold and black spray paint
- Beanie hat
- Black felt
- Needle
- Black thread
- Gray sweats
- Black shoes
- Black socks
- Black underwear
- Black cape
Instructions
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Cut a wide belt from faux leather. Attach a piece of Velcro to the ends to connect the belt around your waist. Spray paint the belt gold.
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Make the oval-shaped belt buckle from yellow or gold cardstock paper. Cut out the bat logo from black cardstock and glue it to the yellow cardstock. Glue the buckle to one side of the belt.
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Cut out a rectangle strip of felt large enough to fit over your eyes and the bridge of your nose. Make the rectangle large enough to wrap around and touch your ears. Cut out two eye holes in the mask. Sew the felt strip to the front of the beanie to make the Batman mask.
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Cut two triangle shapes from the black felt. Put on the beanie mask to determine the right placement for the ears. The ears should be placed just at the crown of your head. Sew the ears to the top of the beanie in a slightly rounded shape to give them a 3D appearance.
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Put on the gray sweats. Put on the underwear over the sweats. Put the belt on over the underwear so that the underwear band is hidden. Put on the beanie mask. Put on black socks and shoes. Tie a black cape around your neck. The Batman costume is complete.
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Tips & Warnings
You can make a cape from a long rectangle of black felt. Simply pin the two short corners of the cape together around your neck with a safety pin.
References
- Photo Credit Bat in the night image by Catabu from Fotolia.com
